About the day » Thursday December 27, 1906Calender converter

• Ambrose Walter BLIESNER, Queensland, Australia
• Anne Marie Leopoldine Vrancken, Klein-Gelmen, België († 2000)
• Anna Barnaart, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Willem Klei, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Abner Baudry
• van de Voort, Bladel
• Akke Geerts Knol, Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Fokkes ANEMA, Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Alida Geertruida Middelkoop, Veldhuizen, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1937)
• Albert Willem Klei, Groningen († 1965)

• Aaltje Jacobs Hofstra (67), ,,, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Don (63), Vlaardingen
• Annigje Hollander (64), Zwollerkerspel (Westenholte),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ariaantje Pas (1), Rotterdam
• Alexandrina Felicitas Cobbaert (71), Denderhoutem
• Aagje Struijf (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje uit Beijerse (69), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Anne Henriette Sasse, Soerabaja, Peneleh
• Antonia Catharina Puijn (50), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobsd Hofstra (67), Opsterland =Beetsterzwaag, fr.nld

• 1904 » René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer († 1983)
• 1905 » Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian († 1974)
• 1906 » Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet († 1958)
• 1907 » Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist († 2002)
• 1907 » Mary Howard, English author († 1991)
• 1907 » Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author († 1999)
• 1907 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer († 1978)
• 1909 » James Riddell, English skier and author († 2000)
• 1910 » Charles Olson, American poet and educator († 1970)

• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on December 27, 1906 was between -6.8 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.